Donkey Kong Barrel Blast
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is a racing game where the player can handle the selected character using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, replacing the DK Bongos that initially were to be used. To speed the player must…
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is a racing developed by Paon, released 28 June 2007 on Wii.
What Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is a racing game developed by Paon and released in 2007. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is a racing game where the player can handle the selected character using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, replacing the DK Bongos that initially were to be used. To speed the player must shake the Wii Remote and Nunchuk simultaneously, lift them to jump and use the motion sensor to beat rivals and obstacles and using items, while the character will be guided by the route of the tracks, including curves of automatic. Players can learn to race at Cranky's flight school where Cranky gives 8 lessons on how to play the game, acceleration, use of elements and Wild Move.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Donkey Kong series
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is the 132nd of 190 entries we hold in the Donkey Kong series. The next entry was DK: Jungle Climber in 2007. Its critic score of 40 is 35 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.
How it was received
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 24 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast launched on 28 June 2007, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma and The Darkness. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, The Darkness.
Official trailer
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